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The Headsman Of Whitehall. By Philip Sidney. (g. A. Morton,

Edinburgh. 2s. 6d. net.)—Much of this book seems to us to be irrelevant. The question of the identity of the Headsman might have been treated without giving a dozen pages or......

Mr. Bain's Latest Romance.

A Draught of the Blue. Translated from the Original Manuscript by F. W. Bain. (Parker. 5s. net.)—Mr. Bain's storehouse of Indian romances is inexhaustible. The title, as he......

Some Books Of The Week.

[Under this 'heading we notice such Books of the week as have not been reserved for review in other forme.] Mackenzie: Selkirk : Simpson. By Rev. G. Bryce, D.D. (T. C. and E. C.......

Wenhaston And Bulcamp.• By The Late-j. D. Clare, M.a....

(Elliot Stock. 2s. 6d.)—Wenhaston,. besides the matters of interest which may be said to be common to all parishes, is notable for two things,—the possession of an ancient......

Literary Rambles In The West Of England. By Arthur L.

Salmon. (Chatto and Windus. 6s. net.)—This book answers well to its title. Mr. Salmon knows his subject thoroughly, and pro- duces from his stores of knowledge not a little that......

Church Work In Japan. Compiled By Aifreda Arnold. (s.p.g....

6d.)—Bishop Awdry, in the preface with which he introduces Miss Arnold's book, writes as followa : "I could give an instance of a man of unusually vigorous common-sense who,......